Background

Martin Gregor-Dellin was born on June 3, 1926 in Naumburg, BThuringen, Germany.

Education

Gregor-Dellin graduated from Oberrealschule Weissenfels in 1944. Also he attended University of Leipzig.

Career

Gregor-Dellin started his career as a writer and editor in Halle and Munich during 7 years from 1951. He served as a writer for radio from 1961 to 1962. During 22 long years he worked as a freelance novelist and editor, biographer and poet. Simultaneously he worked at P.E.N.-Zentrum. His nonfiction books on music include an edition of the diaries of Cosima Wagner, and the biographies Richard Wagner, Sein Leben, sein Werk, sein Jahrhundert (Richard Wagner: His Life, His Work, His Century) and Heinrich Schutz: Sein Leben, sein Werk, seine Zeit.

Achievements

• Gregor-Dellin had a lot of awards: Stereo Radio Play Prize, Munich Literary Prize, Critics Prize, Grand Prix de la critique musicale française, Federal Cross of Merit, of first class.

Works

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  • Wagner-Chronik: Daten zu Leben und Werk

    (Omslag wat verkleurd / Cover discoloured, Band wat verkle...)

  • Der Kandelaber
  • Unsichere Zeiten: Erzahlungen Und Essays.
  • Richard Wagner, die Revolution als Oper (Reihe Hanser ; 129) (German Edition)
  • Föhn.
  • Schenkung Sofie Und Emanuel Fohn
  • Richard Wagner: His Life, His Work, His Century
  • Heinrich Schutz: Sein Leben, sein Werk, seine Zeit (German Edition)
  • Heinrich Schütz

Membership

Gregor-Dellin was a member of several organizations: German Academy for Language and Literature, Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Association of German Writers and PEN Centre.

Connections

Gregor-Dellin married Annemarie Gregor-Dellin on November 9, 1951 and had a daughter, Katja.

Wife:

Annemarie

Daughter:

Katja